Barrett confirmation ‘a momentous day for America’: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump hailed Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as “a momentous day for America,” reported AFP.

In a ceremony coming just eight days before the presidential election, he said, “This is a momentous day for America, for the United States Constitution and for the fair and impartial rule of law.”

The President was seen standing alongside Barrett.

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Barrett said, “I stand here tonight, truly honored and humbled.” Barrett, a 48-year-old religious conservative, said shortly after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the constitutional oath.

The US Senate on Monday confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court justice, a week prior to the November 3 presidential elections. The Republicans voted her by a 52-48 majority. Barrett is President Donald Trump’s third nominee to reach the top court and has cemented a six-to-three conservative majority.

She was picked by Trump on September 26 as a replacement for liberal and woman’s rights champion justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, after her death.